PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Thread

agnes · 20 Apr 2017 at 11:34

Tombstone said:
I often wonder if games are kept in early access because they worry that they will lose some of their userbase if they come out of early access. For example, game reaches end of early access, all stats and items unlocked etc are wiped, portion of the playerbase who have enjoyed playing the game for the last year or however long decide that they dont want to start all over again fresh and have to build their stats and unlocks up again , feel that theyve got their moneys worth out of the time in early access and decide not to restart fresh.

In some cases, this may well be the case, but ranking is the only thing kept in this game if I'm right? I think it's more to do with the ability to claim bugs/issues as development progress. Take Ark for example, that game is still a technical mess but they get away with it. Ark's been in early access for over 2 years and I really don't think it will ever change.

It's why I'm hesitant buying this until a proper release. Shame as it looks like great fun.

dazza13 · 20 Apr 2017 at 11:39

It is a great game, don't let the early access put you off its more polished in its current form than most full releases, and at the end of the day in the six months they think it will be in EA you will i'm sure get your monies worth out of it. Don't deny yourself the heart pounding sweat inducing fun that is PUBG.

MoDe · 20 Apr 2017 at 11:47

Loving the pin drop feature on the map, very useful.

Had an idea last night, when in squads and duo we are constantly saying what level backpack/armour/helmet you got. Would be nice to have some little icons by names just with 1,2 or 3 on them. Will mock something up and stick it in a suggestions post or something.

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 20 Apr 2017 at 12:26

MoDe said:
Loving the pin drop feature on the map, very useful.

Had an idea last night, when in squads and duo we are constantly saying what level backpack/armour/helmet you got. Would be nice to have some little icons by names just with 1,2 or 3 on them. Will mock something up and stick it in a suggestions post or something.

You can tell by just looking at the items what level they are

Would be nice if they added points to the health bar so you can see how much your armour has improved your chances of survival

CliffyG · 20 Apr 2017 at 12:34

Yes but early on you are generally in different houses so can't see each other.

Tombstone · 20 Apr 2017 at 12:35

CliffyG said:
Yes but early on you are generally in different houses so can't see each other.

Mind you, that is part of the fun of having to communicate, having to ask each other who needs what.

Mynight · 20 Apr 2017 at 13:00

Tombstone said:
Mind you, that is part of the fun of having to communicate, having to ask each other who needs what.

Agreed. It's teamwork at that point.

I noticed a similar suggestion about showing the amount of medpacks/stims someone has I don't want to show my hoarder skills

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MoDe · 20 Apr 2017 at 13:26

Mynight said:
I don't want to show my hoarder skills .

Haha.

Yeah, fair play, I guess I'm just one for wanting information quickly and easily.

Whats the deal with Armour/helmet damage. Is it more red on icon = more damage or more red = the amount of health is left on that item?

Mynight · 20 Apr 2017 at 13:35

MoDe said:
Whats the deal with Armour/helmet damage. Is it more red on icon = more damage or more red = the amount of health is left on that item?

Pretty sure it's the amount of damage it has taken. So non red is the viable part.

I assume the damaged part reduces the effectiveness of it as well as a damaged level 2 vest seems to offer less protection than a full strength level 1.

Mariusz · 20 Apr 2017 at 15:33

Just trying this now after patch, performance so far is great. Game seems a lot smoother. Riva Tuner statistics wasn't working after update, had to set it to stealth mode to get fps overlay to work.

wnb · 20 Apr 2017 at 16:18

I don't know about anyone else but i think the servers are laggier since the patch.

Speed · 20 Apr 2017 at 16:33

Mariusz said:
Just trying this now after patch, performance so far is great. Game seems a lot smoother. Riva Tuner statistics wasn't working after update, had to set it to stealth mode to get fps overlay to work.

Can't you just use the Steam FPS counter?

wnb said:
I don't know about anyone else but i think the servers are laggier since the patch.

Could just be the volume of players trying the new patch out.

Mynight · 20 Apr 2017 at 16:51

Since new patch I've experienced 3 server crashes

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Client seems better on the whole other than a weird bug with not seeing team mates in lobby.

Tombstone · 20 Apr 2017 at 17:10

Im not finding it more laggy, but then again Im not finding it less laggy. Its about the same as before for me, still lags predominately at the start of the game and when going through doors

Chris [BEANS] · 20 Apr 2017 at 17:55

I really think I fancy a pop at this...... Been watching some Twitch streams.
Is there much call for people casually teaming up, or is it all taken a bit seriously?

I don't have the time or inclination for clans and such, but if there are regular OcUK people grouping together, that'd be cool.

CliffyG · 20 Apr 2017 at 17:56

Skinhead is back!

I'm completely casual and had no problems finding people to group with on OcUK discord.

Thekwango · 20 Apr 2017 at 17:57

Chris [BEANS] said:
I really think I fancy a pop at this...... Been watching some Twitch streams.
Is there much call for people casually teaming up, or is it all taken a bit seriously?

I don't have the time or inclination for clans and such, but if there are regular OcUK people grouping together, that'd be cool.

There is purely solo mode. Just you on your lonesome against the other players.

CliffyG · 20 Apr 2017 at 18:02

Yeah I play that quite a bit when I can't commit to a decent amount of play time. Sometimes play it safe or go kamikaze to mix it up.

Second game since the patch and Tslgame.exe not responding after opening the first door...

Chris [BEANS] · 20 Apr 2017 at 18:07

Thekwango said:
There is purely solo mode. Just you on your lonesome against the other players.

Yeah seen it on Twitch.
My bad for poorly wording my earlier post. I like the idea of playing with others, just strictly casually. Just wondered if that was really a thing on there, or even being auto matched to a squad, or if squads are usually groups of people who take it all quite seriously and have no room for a noob tagging along to amuse himself....

Mynight · 20 Apr 2017 at 18:07

I think I've only played with one person who takes it seriously everyone else is happy to muck around.